Pine Avenue, Lahore
Pine Avenue, with Abdul Sattar Edhi Road, is the road running between Wapda Town and Valencia Town in south-west Lahore, and the belt of smaller housing societies and plots along it has become a lower-priced way into an established part of the city. It borrows the amenities of Johar Town, Wapda Town and Valencia while its own schemes build out.
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What is the Pine Avenue belt?
A road and the societies along it rather than a single scheme. Pine Avenue and Abdul Sattar Edhi Road run between Wapda Town and Valencia, and either side are smaller housing schemes, cooperative societies and individual plots at various stages of being built. Some are finished and lived in; some are still mostly plots. The attraction is the location, inside the established south-west of the city, at a lower price than the societies on either side.
Who buys here?
Families who want to be near Wapda Town, Valencia and Johar Town without paying their prices, buyers building their own house on a plot, and investors who expect the gap with the neighbours to close as the schemes fill in. Rental demand follows the built houses and benefits from Johar Town's institutions nearby.
What is nearby?
Wapda Town and Valencia on either side, Johar Town's hospitals, malls and universities a short drive away, Multan Road and the motorway via Thokar Niaz Baig, and the Ring Road to the south. Daily shopping is in the neighbouring societies' block markets while the belt's own commercial areas develop.
What should I check before buying on Pine Avenue?
Which scheme the plot is in and its LDA approval status, because the belt contains several small societies of varying standing. Then the allotment or registered deed, a dues clearance from the society or the relevant authority, the approved plan for anything built, and the plot walked. A low price here is sometimes a good deal and sometimes a sign of a title problem; the paperwork tells you which.
What Pine Avenue is known for
- Lower prices in an established area
- Self-build plots
- Between Wapda Town and Valencia
- Several small schemes
Nearby
- Wapda Town block markets
- Valencia commercial area
- Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital
- Emporium Mall
- Thokar Niaz Baig
Convert marla, kanal and square feet
- Marla
- 10
- Kanal
- 0.5
- Square feet
- 2,250
- Square yards
- 250
- Square metres
- 209.03
Questions about Pine Avenue
Is Pine Avenue a society or a road?
A road, with a belt of smaller housing societies and plots along it between Wapda Town and Valencia. Each scheme has its own administration and standing, so the first question about any plot is which society it belongs to.
Why are prices on Pine Avenue lower than in Wapda Town or Valencia?
Because the schemes along it are smaller, newer and less finished than the established societies on either side, and because standing varies between them. Some of the gap is development stage; some of it is title risk, which is why the paperwork matters.
Is Pine Avenue a good place to build a house?
It is one of the few parts of the established south-west where self-build plots are still available at accessible prices, which is why many buyers come here to build. Check the scheme's approval status and the plot's title before you buy, and the society's building rules before you design.
What is nearby?
Wapda Town and Valencia on either side with their markets, Johar Town's Shaukat Khanum, Emporium Mall and universities a short drive away, Multan Road and the motorway via Thokar Niaz Baig, and the Ring Road to the south.
What should I check before buying a plot on Pine Avenue?
The scheme's LDA approval status, the allotment or registered deed in the seller's name, a dues clearance, the approved plan for anything built, and the plot walked on the ground. A low price should prompt more checking, not less.